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2016-12
LP 112/2016 The Polar Code enters into force on 1 January 2017
The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (“the Polar Code”) was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on15th May 2015.
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2016-12
LP 111/2016 Ruling casts uncertainty on international recognition of registered ship mortgages
Brazil court decision highlights need for global consensus to safeguard interests of banks and other creditors.
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2016-12
LP 109/2016 Singapore: Risk of Arrest Security Being Lifted - The 2005 Hague Convention
The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (the "HCCCA") was concluded in 2005 and came into force in Singapore on 1 October 2016 with the enactment of the CCAA.
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2016-11
LP 108/2016 Increasing limits under the amended 1996 protocol of the LLMC 28 November, 2016
On 30 November 2016, the limits of a ship owners’ liability for a maritime claim in the UK will rise by 51%, when the amended 1996 Protocol to the Convention on Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 comes into force in the UK.
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2016-10
LP 100/2016 Shipments of Yellow Peas and Rape Seed, Odessa - Ukraine
Signum Services are currently investigating a case involving large scale theft of cargo involving shipments of Yellow Peas and Rape Seed from Ukraine to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.